The National Electricity Company of Afghanistan (Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat - DABS) announced that electricity Uzbekistan has stabilized the power supply. This was reported by Tolo News.
According to DABS officials, Kabul residents now have nine hours of electricity a day.
“We don't have any problems right now; we have provided 9 hours of electricity for factories from 400 megawatts of electricity imported from Uzbekistan and our own domestic power output for nine hours and the work of industrialists is going on. We have also provided electricity for the citizens of Kabul for five hours during the day and four to five hours at night,” Hekmatullah Akhundzada, director of Kabul DABS, said.
However, according to the Afghanistan Chamber of Industries and Mines, the industrial parks have only nine hours of electricity every day, which is not enough to produce local products.
"In the last month, the country's industries, especially in Kabul, were halted due to the lack of electricity and about 90% of our factories were stopped, but now 50% of them returned to normal," Sakhi Ahmad Payman, the deputy of the Afghanistan Chamber of Industries and Mines, said.
Meanwhile, some factory owners are asking the Afghan interim government to provide factories with more electricity.
"The lack of sufficient electricity weakens the economic growth of industrialists and the country's population," said Mohammad Tajik, the owner of the plant.
According to DABS, Kabul's industrial parks need 160 megawatts of electricity, and DABS is currently able to provide between 70 and 100 megawatts of electricity to Kabul factories.
On January 22, "The Taliban" appealed to Uzbekistan due to the shortage of electricity in Afghanistan and called to fulfil its promises in accordance with the contract on electricity.
On January 23, the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan announced that it restored the supply of electricity to Afghanistan.
On January 27, "The Taliban" again accused Uzbekistan of not fulfilling the promise regarding electricity.
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